Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554

Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 was a passenger flight from Hotan to Urumqi in China's Xinjiang region that was hijacked by six Uyghur jihadists at 12:35 PM on 29 June 2012. The 92 passengers and 9 crew members decided to stand up to the hijackers, who were armed with explosives and aluminum crutches, and they beat 2 of the hijackers to death and injured the other 2; 13 people were injured in the brawl. The plane returned to the airport at 12:45 PM, and 11 passengers and crew and 2 terrorists were treated for injuries. The hijacking was the first fatal hijacking since 9/11.